J K News Today
Jammu, December 23:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the J&K BJP leadership to pursue its people-friendly agenda unafraid of adversarial forces working against interests of the nation .
This issue came up in the core group meeting of the BJP held in Jammu on Saturday in which all the challenges before the party were discussed. The Party is faced with a typical dilemma as it is within the government in the state in alliance with PDP and has also to live up to promises made to the people of Jammu in 2014 polls.
There is a huge gap between what was promised and what has been delivered so far. The delivery is almost nil . Prime Minister is reported to have conveyed his dismay to the top BJP leadership in Delhi and also messaged the state leadership via in party affairs in J&K Avinash Khanna .
The core group meeting held at the official residence of Rajya Sabha M P Shamsher Singh Manhas lasted for two hours and the concerns of Prime Minister with regard to party’s performance in the government were discussed , so were the role of the party outside the government.
“ The party ministers should not only be assertive within the government and guard the interests of their electorate and the nation but also maintain a regular and decent rapport with the people and the party workers..” this was conveyed to the party leaders, including some ministers at the meeting , the sources said.
However, the party leaders maintained that they were doing their job as per the assignment. Sources said this was the public posturing.